Brief Life History of Ruth Blaner Benton
When Ruth Blaner Benton Lewis was born on 12 December 1908, in South Carolina, United States, her father, John Franklin Lewis Jr, was 22 and her mother, Vallie Gynn, was 20. She married Jathan Gattlen Lee in 1926. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Conway Township, Horry, South Carolina, United States in 1940 and Mullins, Marion, South Carolina, United States in 1950. She died on 2 September 1996, at the age of 87, and was buried in Mclamb Anderson Cemetery, Calabash, Brunswick, North Carolina, United States.
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- Ruth Lewis, "United States Census, 1920"
- Ruth Blaner Lewis Lee, "Find A Grave Index"
- Ruth Lee, "North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000"
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1916 · Anthony Crawford Lynched
South Carolina native, father to 13 children, and a local farmer, Anthony Crawford, is lynched on October 21, 1916, in Abbeyville, South Carolina. The lynching is followed after Crawford has an arguement with a white storekeeper.
1918 · Fort Bragg Established
Named after Confederate General Braxton Bragg, Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina was established on September 4, 1918. It was used as one of three training camps used during WWI.
1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English, Old French personal name Lewis, Leweis, Lowis, from ancient Germanic (originally West Frankish) Hludwig (itself from hlōd- ‘fame, famous’ + wīg- ‘battle’). This was Latinized as Ludovicus and Chlodovisus, which were gallicized as Clovis or Clouis, French Louis. The name may also appear as Lawis, Laweys, Lawes, by unrounding of the vowel of Lowis on the analogy of the variation between Low and Law as pet forms of Middle English Lourence alias Laurence. This surname is also very common among African Americans. See Laws 2 and compare Lawrence .
Welsh: adopted for the Welsh personal name Llywelyn (see Llewellyn ).
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Lughaidh ‘son of Lughaidh’. This is one of the most common Old Irish personal names. It is derived from Lugh ‘brightness’, which was the name of a Celtic god.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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